Port Canaveral Leaders Reverse Course on Plans for New Cruise Terminal Amid Pressure by State Leaders
By Fox 35 // August 21, 2024
Port Canaveral Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to end plans
ABOVE VIDEO: Port Canaveral leaders acquiesced Wednesday to the state’s demands and reversed plans for a new cruise terminal that could have impeded the space industry’s future needs. (Fox 35 Video)
BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (Fox 35) – Port Canaveral leaders acquiesced Wednesday to the state’s demands and reversed plans for a new cruise terminal that could have impeded the space industry’s future needs.
The Port Canaveral Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to end plans set in May to redesign what is known as North Cargo Berth 8 for cruise operations and use the adjacent property for parking garages. Port Canaveral is one of the world’s busiest cruise ports.
“We are confident that solutions can be reached to fulfill our commitment to the space industry as well as to our commitment to the cruise and economic businesses,” Commissioner Jerry Allender said.
On Aug. 2, Florida Department of Commerce Secretary J. Alex Kelly and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue expressed dismay about cruise-terminal plan changes that could affect the space industry.
Kelly and Perdue, in a letter, said that unless the port returns to earlier plans for the berth, the Department of Transportation will shift investments to other seaports and spaceports, and the Department of Commerce will halt funding for Port Canaveral projects.
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